Category Archives: RAD Studio XE6

Encoding of .pas files part 2

Posted on 6. April 2021 by roman

In my last post I explained that it is a good strategy to encode .pas files in UTF8. From RAD Studio 10.4 you can set under “Tools/Options/User Interface/Editor” the “Default file encoding” to UTF8. In older versions of RAD Studio … Continue reading →

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Encoding of .pas files

Posted on 3. April 2021 by roman

This week I would like to talk about the encoding of .pas files. Normally they are ANSI encoded which is no problem since all Delphi statements are ASCII encoded. But the exception are comments. Many developers overlook this issue, but … Continue reading →

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The Power of Delphi

Posted on 15. March 2021 by roman

One of my customers is working with Delphi for more than 20 years and he is now using the same codebase for an incredible number of project types. These types will show you how powerful Delphi is compared to other … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!

Posted on 15. February 2021 by roman

Hi all, today is Delphi’s 26th Anniversary! Happy birthday to this wonderful development language! I started to work with Delphi 2 and used Delphi 1 for legacy 16 bit applications. From this moment I used all Delphi versions 1, 2, … Continue reading →

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Did you know…?

Posted on 13. November 2020 by roman

Did you know that inside Delphi designtime packages you can use all global Vcl variables like Application and Screen? Particularly the Screen variable is very interesting since it fires events like OnActiveFormChange and also offers the useful Forms collection.  The … Continue reading →

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20 Year Anniversary

Posted on 17. October 2020 by roman

Today is a wonderful day. It is the 20th anniversary of TMS Software. I’m sure that most of you know the TMS products like VCL UI Pack, FNC, Flexcel, BIZ and last but not least Web Core. Exactly 20 years … Continue reading →

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Did you know…?

Posted on 27. September 2020 by roman

Did you know that the TMS License Generator for TMS Web Core uses TMS FNC components? Not only under Windows but also under MacOS And it also adapts to the OS’s theme (dark/light). Please have a look at the MacOS … Continue reading →

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Virtual Tree View

Posted on 17. August 2020 by roman

I just synchronized the Virtual Tree View with the official version. Both libraries are nearly the same, but the names of the packages are slightly different. GetIt deploys the TurboPack version, that is now also up-to-date.

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LockBox reloaded

Posted on 13. August 2020 by roman

A user asked me if he can use the LockBox component in a new multi-platform application. I told him that he can do it theoretically but he should consider the following: LockBox has been developed by TurboPower that discontinued the … Continue reading →

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New era

Posted on 12. August 2020 by roman

Today I proudly announce that both my sons, aged 19 and 15, have now joined the company. Despite their advanced knowledge in Delphi they are also very interested and talented in modern technologies such as HTML and CSS. Also they … Continue reading →

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